#BABA97#BABA97

#BABA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.048 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABA97
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -5.91, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 18.76, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0143 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.048 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3942, 47.7917, 36.2109)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABA97 #9797BA

analogous

#BAA897 #BABA97 #A8BA97

triadic

#BABA97 #97BABA #BA97BA

tetradic

#BABA97 #97BAA8 #9797BA #BA97A8

square

#BABA97 #97BAA8 #9797BA #BA97A8

split-complementary

#BABA97 #97A8BA #A897BA

monochromatic

#818156 #A2A272 #BABA97 #D2D2BC #EBEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BABA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BABA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABA97

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABA97	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.048 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceb5',
    500: '#baba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baba97;
$custom-light: #cfceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.231,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.04776,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABA97

secondary

#D1D1DC

accent

#479F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABA97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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